[TBP]

Tariffs are generally bad economic policy, but can sometimes be effective foreign policy.

[DesertRhino]

“Tariffs are generally bad economic policy, but can sometimes be effective foreign policy.”

Except of course when they fund 90% of government the first 50 years of this country, and the majority of the funding of the government until 1910.
The founders all happily used tariffs as the main funding source.